Ulysses to Penelope

This brilliant and beautiful sonnet-sequence is Mr. Root's most significant work. Imagining himself Ulyssess tossed on the wine-dark seas of the world, the poet speaks to the lost and ever-sought Penelope, who is the star toward which he steers. Thus Mr. Root makes the great wanderer the symbol of man's adventure toward his highest dream, combining the ancient tale and the modern meaning into the timeless reality of man's grief and man's glory.